Philippines - Growth with Equity : The Remaining Agenda - A World Bank Social and Structural Review

[摘要] The report highlights how much recentachievements, in terms of growth, and poverty reduction, oweto the progress the country has made on a broad front ofpolicy issues, such as openness to trade, investment, andcompetition, as well as education, and financial regulation.Nonetheless, progress has been uneven in several fronts,such as the need to intensify trade liberalization, anddomestic competition; to strengthen governance acrossfinancial, corporate, and public sectors; to broaden assetownership, and access by the poor to both tangible assets -land - and intangible ones, such as education. Beyond thefinancial crises, the report addresses medium-termchallenges to face poverty reduction, and economicperformance, and, strengthen corporate governance, andfinancial development, through financial reforms. It callsfor the provision of public goods, delivery of effectivejustice, and improvement of revenue performance, throughimproved fiscal consolidation to attract foreign assistance.Among the recommendations, the need for savings mobilizationis suggested to sustain economic growth, throughdiversification of savings instruments, and increased trade liberalization.

[发布日期] 2000-05-03 [发布机构] Washington, DC

[学科分类] 社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

[关键词] ACCOUNTABILITY;ACCOUNTING;ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES;ADB;AGRICULTURE